Yūto Horigome

is a Japanese professional skateboarder and two-time Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in the inaugural Olympic men's street event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first person to win gold in men's street skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. He defended his gold medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life Horigome along with his two younger brothers were born in Tokyo, Japan, to taxi driver and former street skateboarder Ryota Horigome. Ryota Horigome exposed his son Yuto to skateboarding before he could walk. At the age of seven Horigome was already frequenting Tokyo's Murasaki Sport's Park, better known as "Amazing Square" Skate Park. Due to his travel schedule, he attended high school from a virtual online school. When in the United States, Horigome stays with friends, including pro skateboarder Micky Papa, in Los Angeles, California. Horigome stays in the United States during the winter due to the cold season in Japan to continue practicing his tricks.

Early career California's thriving and vibrant skate culture empowered Horigome to continue practicing and entering skate contests. Horigome joined the Blind Skateboards team later that year and stayed with the team until January 2019.

Horigome made his professional Street League Skateboarding (SLS) debut in May 2017, at the championship in Barcelona.

In May 2019, Horigome joined April Skateboards, owned by pro skater Shane O'Neill. Later that same year Horigome further proved himself by winning two gold medals and a bronze at the X Games competitions in Shanghai and Minneapolis. April continued to help Horigome in putting himself on the map coming out with a skate tape titled The Yuto Show!, which showcased his skateboarding abilities in a 3 minute long video. Horigome finished 2019 by winning silver against three time reigning champ Nyjah Huston at the São Paulo World Championship.

As the 2020 Olympic Games were postponed for a year and the number of skateboarding events in 2020 was significantly reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WS Olympic Rankings for June 2021 included points earned from events in the 1 January–30 September 2019 season and the 1 October 2019 – 30 June 2021 season. In the 2021 Skate World Championship Horigome managed to take home the gold over Nyjah Huston, but Horigome remained in second place, with 249,200 points, behind Huston's 269,900 points in the Olympic Rankings. Horigome is often seen as the face of skateboarding in Japan helping to increase its popularity in his home country with the help of massive Japanese ecommerce and media company Rakuten even creating and competing in Japan's own Uprising Tokyo Street Skateboarding Competition.

Contest history This list contains top pro tour, 5-star, and world championship events in which Horigome has participated; it is not an exhaustive list.

Street League Skateboarding

World Street Skateboarding 2022

Tampa Pro

X Games

2020 Summer Olympics

2021 Street World Championship

Dew Tour

Oi STU Open

SLS Super Crown

ISO Henan

SLS World Tour 2019

X Games

SLS World Tour 2019

SLS World Championship

Street League Skateboarding

World Skateboarding Championship

X Games

CPH OPEN

X Games Minneapolis 2018

Street League Skateboarding

Dew Tour

Street League Skateboarding

X Games

Tampa Pro

X Games Minneapolis 2017

Street League Skateboarding

Dew Tour

Street League Skateboarding

Oi STU OPEN

Cowtown's PHXAM

Simple Session

Tampa Am

FISE World Series

Damn Am Woodward West

Videography

2017: For Days - Blind 2019: April Skateboards Pro Part - Nike SB 2021: The Yuto show ! - April Skateboards 2021: Spitfire - Thrasher 2023: Yuto Horigome in Tokyo - Nike SB 2023: Turbo Green - April Skateboards 2023: April - Thrasher